History
The channel, originally called World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), was co-founded in 2006 by Claude Ruibal, its chairman and chief executive officer, and Tom Hipkins, a member of the channel's board of directors, with the help of Carlos Silva, its president and chief operating officer, One of its first events was coverage of the United States Track and Field Championships via streaming video.
In 2007, InterMedia Partners gained a majority share of the network. On June 16, 2008, NBC Universal joined with InterMedia in a partnership that gave NBC a minority share and rebranded the network as Universal Sports including a new logo with the NBC peacock.
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